Brazilian police launched their largest-ever operation against the Comando Vermelho gang Tuesday, killing at least 60 suspected criminals and losing four officers in clashes across Rio de Janeiro favelas, authorities said. The raid, involving 2,500 personnel, targeted drug trafficking in Complexo do Alemão and Penha neighborhoods, resulting in 81 arrests and seizures of 42 rifles and drugs. Gang members burned vehicles as barricades, sending smoke over the city, and deployed drones armed with ex

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil More News updates, follow Israel Mossad & WAR News More than 200 people were killed and dozens arrested in one of the deadliest security operations in Brazil’s history, as police forces in Rio de Janeiro launched a large-scale offensive against the powerful criminal faction Comando Vermelho (CV) in the city’s northern favelas. The raid, involving nearly 2,800 Civil and Military Police officers, targeted gang strongholds in the Alemão and Penha complexes, sprawling communit

Brazil’s deadliest police raid failed to capture or kill gang leaders. The police raid, known as Operation Containment, resulted in 121 deaths, including four officers and two teenagers, but failed to capture or kill any senior leaders of the Comando Vermelho gang. Only five of the 69 suspects named in the criminal complaint were arrested, and none were top leaders. 🔗 Read the full story at our link in bio. | Reuters